Rotary oil-burner.



shutting off of the an snares ADELARD COUTURE, 0F ARCTIC, RHODE ISLAND.

ROTARY OIL-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Ma r. at, 11.91.

Application filed November 7, 1918. Serial No. 261,505.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Annmnn COUTURE, a

citizen of the United States,- residing at Arctic, in the county of Kent and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Rotary Oil-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rotary oil burners, and the primary object of the invention is to provide means for automatically effecting oil supply to the burner, should stoppage of the fan employed to sup ply air to :the burner occur for any reason such fas breakage of the belt employed to drive the tan, or disengagement. of the belt from the drivingand driven elements. Further. the invention aims to provide an oil burner which has improved oil distributinp means, and which is also subjected to the action of all air entering from below so as to prevent the cool incoming air from contacting with and resultantly cooling the water legs of ine'heater, or other parts of the device in connection with which the burner is used.

Further and other objects will be later set .t'orth and ofthemsclves manifested in the course of the following description.

In the drawings I Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the invention. partly shown in side elevation and showing a fragment of the water or other heater.

. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the oil distrrbuter.

I Fig. 3 is a side eh tltlOll oi: the distributer.

in H'Ot'tWllll in accordance with the present invention, a base 1 is employed from which vertical supportsor uprights 2 project. 1 ring 3 suitably supported at the top of the burner. has depending arms 4 and a saucer or cup like part 5. thearms 4 being secured by means of bolts (3' passing through slots (3 formed in the uprights 2, whereby to allow the upper portion of the device to be vertically adjusted so as to' position the flame as desired with relation to the heater.

- and 10, the latter being to a fusible link A vertical shaft 7 has a fan 8 secured to its upper end, and the extremity of its upper end rigidly secured to a rotatable oil disk 9. The lower end of the shaft is supported-in the base 1 by means or" the ball bearings 10 a truss bearing. for carrying the weight of the shaft and the parts borne by the latter. a

The shaft is rotated by nieans ot a 11 atlixed thereto and a belt tends around the pulley and may in turn be driven by any means, such as an electric motor, not shown.

Oil is supplied by means of a pipe 13 which enters the heater near the bottom thereof. extends vertically and has a top branch 13 which overlies the ring Sfand discharges oil over the periphery of a distributer or deflector 14, which latter is disposed at. the center of the oil disk 9. As dc: picted particularly in Fig. 2, the distributor has a series, preferably four, of oil passages pulley 12 which eX- or cutouts at its top, while the remainder or .lower portion of the distrilniter is of sometending arm 17 carrying -a weight 18. A

wire or other suitable connection 19 extends upwardly from the arm 17, and is connected 20, which latter is supported preferably by a pin 20' carried by the oil disk, though the link can be otherwise appropriately supported.

A jacket 2] formed of sheet metal properly coated with fire resisting material is supported from a ledge 22 projecting outwardly from the periphery of the ring 3, the upper end of the jacket being inturned so as to seat on the ledge 22 and receive support therefrom. This jacket functions 0 prevent air passing upwardly and cooling the water legs of the heater, since it acts to direct or positively guide all air entering the base of the structure to pass upwardly and inwardly and through the products of combustion or throu;;h the flame chamber to supply oxygen to inn-raise combustion.

The operation is as follows: Power being applied to the belt 1:2, will effect rotation of the shaft 7, and therethrough rotation of the fan 8 and the oil disk 9. Oil enteiint, the supply pipe l3 will flow over the distributer 1 t and into the disk 9, and since the disk 9 has perforations or openings 23, air will be forcedby the fan upwardly through these openings so as to cause the flame of the burningoil to be forced upwardly and through the heater. to thereby heat the water. If for any reason the shaft should cease rotation, for example, due to breakage or disengagement of the belt 12, the flame will descend from the oil disk 9 through the holes 23 in the latter and. will ignite any oil which may have accumulated in the drip pan 5, with the result that the fusible link 20 will be melted, thereby releasing the arm 17, so that the weight 18 will respond to the-force of gravity and descending move the arm 17 toa position closing the valve 16 and thereby shutting off the oil supply. It will be thus apparent thatan automatic shut-off for the oil supply is provided in event of stoppage of the. fan. The fan operating means is also disposed at the base of the structure and at a distance from the flame so as to be not a tfected by the heat. I

Since the supply head 14 is fixed, any adjustment of the burner by means of the bolts 6' Will necessarily vary the distance between the head and burner.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In an oil burner, a verticalshaft having a fan, a drip pan below the fan and oil disk above the fan. the oil disk being perforated so that its per'fm'ations aline with the pan,

an oil supply for the disk discharging at the center thereof, a ring encirclingthe disk and having a peripheral ledge, a jacket supported at its upper end from the ledge and being flared downwardly so as to encompass the-fan and pan to thereby cause all air accessible. to the parts from below to pass through the perforations of the oil disk and means to drive the shaft.

2. in an oil burner. an oil disk. and an oil 'dislribuler tbcrcl'or consisting ol a bellshaped clement disposed with its base over the center of the disk and havin; a series of vertical il passages spa dly disposed at the upper end of the belhshaped element and terminating at a distan e above the base thcreo f.

in an oi burnt-r, oil bnrnin; means. an

on supply for --a.:l means. I'olalable means tosn )')l air in the. oil burnin means. means supply will be automatically shut-off.

a. In combination with an oil burner and oil-supplving, mcans therefor, a fan associated with the l.)uruer, means to rotate the fan, fusible means for shutting off the oil supply upon stoppage of the fan, and means I whereby upon the fan stoppage the heat from the burner will be brought into contact with the fusible, part of the fusible means.

In con'ibination with an oil burner, an oil supply pipe having a cut-off valve therein, a weight for moving the valve to cut off position, n'ieans to support the weight inoperative, including a fusible link, a fan associated with the burner, means to rotate the fan, and means whereby upon stoppage of the fan rotating); means the heat from the burner will be brought into contact with the fusible link so as to release said means holding the weight inoperative.

6. In combinationwith an oil burner and associated therewith, oil for the. burner, and heat TOSPOUSlVO means whereby upon stoppage. of the fan rotation said oil supplying means will be autoniaticailly shut off.

7. ln combination with an oil burner, a base. a shaft journaled in the base and carryin; the oil burner, a ring encircling the, burner. an arm depending;' from the ring, a vertical support evtendiir; upwardlyfrom the base. means to adjustably connect said arm to the vertical support. and means to drive the shaft in all adjustments of the arm.

8. in combination with an oil burner, a base. a sha ft journahd in the ba '2 and carrying the oil burner. 21 support depending from the burner. an upright on the base; means to adjustably connect. the support of the oil burner to said upright. and means to drive the shaft in all adjustments of the burner support.

in combination with a perfoiated oil burner and means to supply oil thereto, a. fan below the burner. a drip pan below the fan lo catch the oil dripping's. a fusible link disposed adjacent the pan. and means where.- by to cut oll' lhc oil supply controlhal by said link n-pon stoppage ol' the fan. I

It). lncombinalion with an oil burner, a base, a support depending from the burner, an upright on the base, a relatively fixed supply head overlying the burner. and means a rotatable fan supplying means lo adjuslably connect the support of the oil 0i1 passages to allow I pipe.

the oil to flow past the part of the supply 12. In an oil burner, a ring, a burner rota- 8 table Within the ring and having perforations, a peripheral ledge on the ring and a jacket having its upp er end turned inwardly and engaged with said ledge and depending from the ring to dir ect all air accessible to the burner from below tions of the burner,

In testimony'whereof I have signed my -name to this specification in the presence of witnesses. ADELARD COUTURE. Witnesses AnA E. HAGERTY,

J. A. MILLER. 7

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